NANFA-L-- Sturgeon exports banned.

Hoover, Jan J ERDC-EL-MS (Jan.J.Hoover-in-erdc.usace.army.mil)
Tue, 3 Jan 2006 18:11:47 -0600

Sturgeon-lovers -

Today, CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) banned
sturgeon exports from 10 nations (US is not listed).

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/03/international/03cnd-sturgeon.html

This could increase legal and illegal fishing pressures on our own native
sturgeon populations.

- Jan Hoover
Vicksburg, MS
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